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Hyotherium

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Hyotherium
Hyotherium major skull, MNHN
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Mammalia
Order: Artiodactyla
Family: Suidae
Subfamily: Hyotheriinae
Genus: Hyotherium
von Meyer, 1834
Species
  • Hyotherium major
  • Hyotherium soemmeringi

Hyotherium was an extinct genus of even-toed ungulates that existed during the Miocene in Europe and Asia.[1]

Hyotherium soemmeringi jaw

References

  1. ^ Lydekker, R. (1887). "Description of a Jaw of Hyotherium, from the Pliocene of India". Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society. 43: 19–99. doi:10.1144/GSL.JGS.1887.043.01-04.05.